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  • British diplomatic staff in Syria withdrawn

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that all diplomatic staff have been withdrawn from Damascus, and Embassy services suspended.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Welsh soldiers celebrate St David's Day in Helmand

    Welsh soldiers deployed to Afghanistan have celebrated St David's Day in the traditional way by munching their way through whole, raw leeks.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Welsh soldiers visit mosque ahead of Helmand deployment

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh recently visited a mosque in Bolton as part of preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister for Africa condemns the murder of Somali journalist

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has condemned the killing of the Director of Somaliweyn Radio, Abukah Hassan Mohamoud.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary warns Assad regime against assault on Homs

    Foreign Secretary William Hague comments on hearing the reports that the Assad regime may be preparing a land assault on Homs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary confirms British journalist's arrival in Lebanon

    Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed British journalist Paul Conroy is safely in Lebanon when he updated the House of Commons on 28 February.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Afghan and British forces seize Taliban anti-tank weapon

    Soldiers from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, known as the Welsh Cavalry, joined forces with their Afghan counterparts to mount the operation to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Grenadier Guards train for Helmand

    The soldiers, who are deploying with 12 Mechanized Brigade on Operation HERRICK 16, will be based in the Gereshk area of Helmand province where…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Ministers visit central Asian countries

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is holding talks with the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week to secure supply lines for getting equipment home from Afghanistan when combat operations finish there.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chairman's Conclusions of Friends of Syria meeting

    Full text of the Chairman's Conclusions of the International Conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People on 24 February.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands announce Marine Protected Area to safeguard biodiversity

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has welcomed the declaration of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister discusses Syria at UN Human Rights Council

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne called for an end to the violence in Syria and said that those responsible for the atrocities will be held to account for the crimes they have committed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Body armour saves British soldier from Taliban bullet

    A British soldier's body armour saved him from a Taliban gunshot during a fierce fire fight in Helmand province recently, enabling him to shrug off the impact and carry on with the mission.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Elite Afghan police uncover Taliban weapons and drugs

    The first operation was carried out without any support from the International Security Assistance Force. It involved the search of a compound…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes intensification of EU pressure on Syrian regime

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke after EU Foreign Ministers agreed further sanctions including freezing the assets of the Central Bank of Syria and the restricting the regime's access to the gold and precious metals…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes President Hadi’s inauguration

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed the inauguration of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in Yemen, the first change of Head of State in over 33 years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary: "we have to intensify the pressure" on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Tunisia today for the Friends of Syria meeting.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister comments on flooding in Bolivia

    The Bolivian government has declared a state of emergency in response to the flooding.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes EU facilitated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that building on today's breakthrough, continued commitment to the Dialogue will ensure both countries remain on the path towards a more stable and prosperous future.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government